The new Heart Of Barf EP "Look At These Teeth" is now available! Check it out
My new business, SongBaby, has just launched it's website. Check it out here
SongBaby makes homemade songs for the ones you love. What's better than having your own personal song?!?
The Glue Gun Optimism recording session went beautifully! On to mixing!
The Cadillac Moon Ensemble has decided to record my piece, Galactic Mouthematics, for their upcoming release on New Dynamic Records! I'm honored to have my music played by this power-house group!
Here are things which I am doing. have done... will do. sheffield's law applies.
Mar 1 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 2 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 3 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Mar 4 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 5:30pm
Out Of Your Head @ Freddy's Bar and Backroom (627 5th Avenue Brooklyn), 9:30pm
Mar 7 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 8 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 9 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 10 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 11 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 5:30pm
Mar 14 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 15 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 16 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 7:30pm
Mar 17 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 2:30pm & 7:30pm
Mar 18 : Hot Lunch Apostles w/ The Talking Band @ La MaMa, NYC, 5:30pm
Mar 29 : Fireworks Ensemble Northwestern Missouri State University, Maryville, Missouri 7:30pm
Apr 28 : Asphalt Orchestra @ Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall, NYC 7:00pm
June 1 : Asphalt Orchestra @ Burlington Jazz Festival, Burlington, VT
June5-9 : Ensemble Signal @ June in Buffalo Festival, Buffalo, NY
June 16-18 : Asphalt Orchestra @ Festival of Arts and Ideas, New Haven, CT
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2012:
Jan 6 : Too Shy To Stare @ PS 122 (150 First Ave, NYC) 5pm & 9pm
Jerseyband @ the WinterJazz Fest, 1am
Jan 7 : Too Shy To Stare @ PS 122 (150 First Ave, NYC) 5pm & 9pm
Jan 12 : performing in Kamala Sankaram's opera, MIRANDA @ Here Arts Center, 8:30pm
Jan 13 : MIRANDA @ Here Arts Center, 8:30pm
Jan 14 : MIRANDA @ Here Arts Center, 8:30pm
Jan 16 : MIRANDA @ Here Arts Center, 8:30pm
Jan 17 : MIRANDA @ Here Arts Center, 8:30pm
Jan 19 : MIRANDA @ Here Arts Center, 8:30pm
Jan 20 : MIRANDA @ Here Arts Center, 8:30pm
Jan 21 : MIRANDA @ Here Arts Center, 8:30pm
Feb 5 : Euphonique Saxophone Quartet @ Church of the Epiphany, NYC 4pm
Feb 7 : Euphonique Saxophone Quartet @ Horace Mann School, Bronx, 1pm
Anti-Social Music @ The Ukranian Institute, NYC, 7:30pm
2011:
Jan 8 & 10 - NYC - two performances with the Irish Dance Company, Rex Levitates. I'll be playing saxophone, clarinet, and beat-boxing wih Justin Carroll on keyboards. We'll be performing a 50 minute piece called SECONDARY SOURCES.
Jan 13: JERSEYBAND in the studio!!! a new EP is on the way. We're recording 4 brand new tracks.
Jan 15: Project Jenny Project Jan at the Museum of the Moving Image in Queens. midnight.
Jan 20 & 21: I'll be performing as part of the cast of MIRANDA, a new opera by composer Kamala Sankaram. I'm very excited to be part of this project. I play Tenor Sax, Clarinet, and I sing a little too!
Feb 27 : I'll be playing with Ben Gallina's SALO @ Coco66 in Greenpoint at 9pm. I used to live rightaround the corner from there!
Mar 4 : Anti-Social Music is premiering my new piece, Chickenometry, for Soprano, Accordion, Violin and Cello. I'm also play Sax and Clarinet on some other pieces in the concert.
Mar 13 : Performing on the faculty recital at the Bronx House. Ben Gallina and Alex Wyatt will be joinging me.
Mar 23 : Project Jenny Project Jan @ Santos Party House, 8:30pm
Mar 27 : performing a few selections from Kamala Sankaram's opera, MIRANDA Galapagos Art Space @7pm
Apr 2 : Project Jenny Project Jan, CD release show!!!
Apr 3 : Jerseyband mixing in Boston
Apr 6 : SALO @ Local 269 at 9pm.
Apr 9 : Glue Gun Optimism @ Rockwood Music Hall. 3pm! early show... come have lunch.
Apr 10 : my piece for Oboe and tape, I Will Be With Your Mouth, will be performed at the University of Maryland in College Park. You can hear it in the COMPOSITIONS section
Apr 12 : Tree People live @ The Tank, 7:30pm. Tree People is Dave Crowell on Alto Saxophone, Andrew Smiley on guitar, and myself on Tenor Saxophone.
Apr 23 : Amy Lynn and the Gunshow @ Kenny's Castaways
Apr 29 : performance with Anti-Social Music @ Chashama, NYC. 8pm
May 2 : beatboxing with The Adversary @ Rockwood Music Hall, NYC. 7pm
May 7 : Playing in Easton, PA with Asphalt Orchestra
May 9 : Tree People @ Bar 4, 7pm. Opening for the Dave Crowell Ensemble
May 13 : Glue Gun Optimism @ Cafe Orwell in Bushwick. 9pm
May 17 : double duty!
8:00pm - SALO @ The Stone
10:30pm - Project Jenny Project Jan, Mercury Lounge
May 18 : Project Jenny Project Jan, TT the Bear, Boston, MA (also my Mom's Bday!)
May 19 : Project Jenny Project Jan, Empire Dine & Dance, Portland, ME
May 25 : Mastering session for the new JERSEYBAND album!
May 27 : Project Jenny Project Jan in Washington, DC. 9pm at Uncapped LIVE @2217 14th street NW (14th and Florida NW)
May 29 : Emily Madsen plays "I Will Be With Your Mouth" at 3pm, at Christ Episcopal Church in Columbia, MD. She will also play "End Of Grip: Phase One" with Brent Madsen. Check out both pieces on the COMPOSITIONS page.
June 1 : Emily Madsen will play my piece, "I Will Be With Your Mouth", at the International Double-Reed Society Conference in Tempe, Arizona!
June 10 : Fundraiser for Kamala Sankaram's opera, MIRANDA. 7pm, 167 Spring St, NYC
June 12 : My students' recital at the Bronx House. 1pm.
June 19 : Project Jenny Project Jan @ Spike Hill, Brooklyn, 1pm. Northside Festival
June 21 : Rubenzahl! My Beat-box and voice duo with Christine Hagan returns! 3pm at The Way Station 683 Washington Avenue (between Prospect Pl & St. Mark’s)
June 24 : Asphalt Orchestra in Philadelphia, PA
June 25 : JERSEYBAND plays in Baltimore at the Wind-up Space
June 26 : JERSEYBAND in Butler, NJ at Architekt Music w/ Thank You Scientist
June 27 : JERSEYBAND in NYC at Kenny's Castaways w/ Thank You Scientist
June 29 : Project Jenny Project Jan live on the radio! WHFR.com, 9pm.
July 2 : Terry Riley's "In C" with Asphalt Orchestra, Governor's Island, 1 & 3pm
July 7 : Project Jenny Project Jan in NYC @ The Rock Shop.
July 19 : Project Jenny Project Jan in Syracuse, NY
July 22 : Project Jenny Project Jan in Portland, ME
July 24 : Amy Lynn & The Gunshow at Rockwood Music Hall. 7:30pm.
July 25 : Tree People @ The Branded Saloon, Brooklyn, 9pm.
July 26 : 8pm @ The Stone, NYC performing the music of Kamala Sankaram
10pm @ Cafe Orwell, Brooklyn with Tree People
July 27 : Tree People @ The Way Station, Brooklyn, 9pm
July 28 : Project Jenny Project Jan @ The Delancey, NYC
Aug 2-3 : Heart Of Barf records a new album!!
July 23 - Aug 13 - Xoregos Performing Company performs Antigone all over NYC with original music by yours truly... full schedule here
Aug 6 : Project Jenny, Project Jan in Beacon, NY
Aug 11 : Project Jenny, Project Jan @ THe Knitting Factory in Brooklyn
Aug 22 : Tree People & Glue-Gun Optimism @ Bar 4, 7pm
Aug 24 : Performing to Silent Film @ Socrates Park in Queens, 8pm
Aug 27 : BBQ for Miranda, fundraiser - Brooklyn (canceled due to hurricane!)
Sept 10 : Glue Gun Optimism Recording session!
Sept 16 : Brooklyn Qawwali Party: 810-830pm (66th & Lex) (outside)
845-930pm (Time and Life building, 50th & 6th ave, Samma Summit)
Sept 17 : Project Jenny, Project Jan in New Paltz
Sept 26 : Cadillac Moon Ensemble records Galactic Mouthematics for their upcoming release on New Dynamic Records
Oct 26 WOWOS tour in Ireland - Dublin - Project Arts Centre
Oct 27 WOWOS tour in Ireland - Dublin - Block T
Oct 28 WOWOS tour in Ireland - Bray - Mermaid Arts Centre
Oct 29 WOWOS tour in Ireland - Cork - Triskel Arts Centre
Oct 30 WOWOS tour in Ireland - Limerick - The Loft
2010:
Oct 24-29 Austerlitz, NY - Working with Ben Strouse on a new musical.
Nov 3 - PROJECT JENNY PROJECT JAN @ Glasslands, NYC. I play keyboards, glockenspiel, sing back-up and do a few other random things in this band. It's a lot of fun.
Nov 10-13 - Champaign, Illinois - BASEBALL MUSIC PROJECT. I'm operating the video for this performance. My job is to keep the video in sync with the live orchestra. I could seriously sabotage the show if I were so inclined.
Nov 17 - filming video for Conspiracy Theory #1 with Kelli Kathman. I decided to make a video for this electro-acoustic piece, because the piece involves a very powerful visual element (I think). I'll probably post it on youtube once it's done.